Stories by xrayarx

Raiders of the Lost Altair Basic Source Code

Microsoft says some SharePoint server hackers now using ransomware

Sand Won't Save You This Time

Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023)

Day War, Part II: Iran's Missile Force Performance

Sapling Version Control System

Elixir background jobs: choosing the right tool for the job

Cool, but obscure Unix tools (2010)

Starship was doomed from the beginning

Apple's iOS 26 and Google's Android 16 Will Change Our Phones

As White House talks about impounding NASA funding, Congress takes it seriously

Elon Musk's Starlink internet works great if hardly anyone uses it

Why StackExchange isn't in the cloud (2011)

How a nuclear attack on the U.S. might unfold, step by step

Emacs on macOS

Why does Switzerland have more nuclear bunkers than any other country?

State of Play of AI Progress

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